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Online Trading: Guides, Tools & Market Hours

Online trading covers three markets that run on different clocks, rules and venues. We start with currencies and gold, then show how stocks and crypto compare, so you understand what you are looking at before you ever place an order.

Position size calculator

How it works
Position size
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The three markets, compared

The same questions, three different answers.

Airport style currency exchange rate board with abstract digits and blurred figures

Forex & gold

Venue
Dealer network via brokers
Hours
24h, Monday to Friday
Typical day
Under 1% on majors
Start with
Forex guide
Laptop displaying an earnings report chart with a highlighted spike

Stocks & indices

Venue
Regulated exchanges
Hours
Local sessions, weekdays
Typical day
Around 1% for major indices
Start with
Stock indices explained
Donut chart made of assorted crypto coins

Crypto

Venue
Many independent exchanges
Hours
24/7
Typical day
Several percent is common
Start with
What moves Bitcoin

Open or closed?

Your time: –

Regular hours for each market, worked out in your browser. Holidays are not included. For how the forex day is divided, see forex market hours.

MarketNowRegular hours (local time)Guide
ForexSpot currency market–Sunday 17:00 to Friday 17:00, New YorkFX sessions
Spot goldXAU/USD–Sunday 18:00 to Friday 17:00, New York, with a daily one-hour breakForex guide
London stocksFTSE 100–Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30, LondonIndices
Frankfurt stocksDAX–Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:30, FrankfurtIndices
New York stocksS&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq–Monday to Friday 09:30 to 16:00, New YorkIndices
Tokyo stocksNikkei 225–Monday to Friday 09:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 15:30, TokyoIndices
CryptoBitcoin, ether, stablecoins–24 hours a day, 7 days a weekBitcoin drivers

Mechanics every market shares

  1. Pips and lots

    How price steps become money.

  2. Order types

    Market, limit and stop orders.

  3. Candlestick charts

    Reading price history.

  4. Fees

    Spreads, commissions, swaps.

  5. Choosing a broker

    Checks before you open an account.

Calculators

All maths runs on your device; formulas are shown.

Position sizeLots from your balance, risk % and stop.risk ÷ (stop × pip value)Pip valueDollar value of one pip on any major pair.pip × unitsMarginCollateral a position needs at a given leverage.notional ÷ leverageCrypto P/LNet result of a spot crypto trade.proceeds − cost

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